“The 20-year-old director’s eerie debut feature is set in a strip-mall purgatory of cheap office furniture and geographically impossible floorplans, like the Overlook Hotel by way of Bob’s Discount Warehouse. Brilliantly designed and dramatically underwhelming, Backrooms is more of an environment than a story. But it’s a really creepy environment.” – Spliced Personality Substack, 05/27/2026